Former city in Quebec, Canada
Pierrefonds
Pierrefonds is a former city in southwestern Quebec, Canada.
It is located along the Rivière des Prairies on the western shore of the southern part of the Island of Montreal. It was merged into Montreal on January 1, 2002, and is today part of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro.
How locals move
Getting around Pierrefonds the local way
- Go nextA ferry from Hudson takes you across the Lake of Two Mountains to the village of Oka, featuring a cheese-making monastery, a large water park, and the Kanesatake Mohawk Reserve (the site of a standoff in Canadian history known as the "Oka Crisis").
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